682 AVES. 



Merops pkilippinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, pp. 230, 348; Marshall, Ibis, 1872, p. 203; Ball, Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 57, 1874, p. 386; Legge, op. cit., 1874, p. 13; Holdsw., p. 125 ' Ball 

 op. cit., 1877, p. 413. 



a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868. 

 I did not observe this species either at Bhamo or beyond. 



26. Merops vieidis, Linn. 



Merops viridis, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 182, 1766; Less., Traite d'Orn., p. 238, 1831 ; Sykes, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 82; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 86, 1846; id.. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus.^ 

 p. 69, 1848 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 53, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 84^ 

 1850; Reich., Handb. Merops., p. 67, taf. ccccxlv, figs. 3231-32, 1852; Horsf. & Moore' 

 Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 84, 1856-58 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. vii, 1855 ; Jerdon, B. Ind.', 

 vol. i, p. 205, 1862; Gray, Handb. B., vol. i, p. 99, 1869; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal' 

 vol. xli, 1872, p. 232 ; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 371 ; Hume, t. c, p. 167 ; id., op. cit, 

 1874, p. 469 ; Ball, op. cit, 1874, p. 886; Hume, op. cit., 1875, p. 49; id.. Nests and Eggs^ 

 Ind. B., p. 99, 1875; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, vol. iv, 1876, p. 254; Armstrong, t. c'., 

 p. 304; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 69. 



Guepier a collier de Madagascar, Buff., PI. Enl., p. 740. 



Guepier Lamarck, ou a gorge bleu, Levaill., Promer. and Guep., vol. ii, p. 39, pi. x, 1807. 



Merops lamoA-cUi, Cuvier, Begne Anim., 1829, p. 442. 



Merops indicus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 227, 1840; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist.,xii, p. 93, 1843. 



Merops torquatus, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844. 



Merops ferrugeiceps, id., I. c, p. 82, 1844. 



Phloshrus viridis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 136, 1859. 



a. b. Mandalay, Upper Burma, 25th and 26th September 1868. 



c. Mengoon, „ „ 14th January 1868. 



d. Shienpagah, „ „ 16th January 1868. 



e. Sanda, Yunnan, 5th May 1868. 



This species is prevalent in the Sanda valley. All the birds from Upper Burma 

 and Sanda belong to Hodgson's variety M. ferrugeiceps, which has the head and 

 neck much redder than in the Indian birds, and the chin and throat more grassy- 

 green. 



26. Merops leschenaulti, VieiU. 



Le Gidpier Laichenot, Levaill., Guepiers, p. 51, pi. xviii (1807). 



Merops leschenaulti, VieilL, N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat., t. xiv, p. 17 (1817); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., 

 As. Soc, Bengal, p. 53, 1849; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875 ; Fair- 

 bank, Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, p. 394. 



Merops quinticolor. Gray, List Fissirostres, p. 70, 1843; id., List B., Nepal, Hodgs. Coll., p. 57, 

 1846; Moore, Proc Zool. Soc, 1854, p. 264; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 208, 1862; Gray,' Hand/. 

 B., vol. i, p. 100, 1869; Legge, Ibis, 1871, p. 13; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872 'n 423 • 

 Wald., Ibis, 1873, p. 301. ' ^' 



Merops erythroc&phalus, Swinhoe, Proc Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 348. 



Merops swinhoei, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 163; id., op. cit, 1875, p. 50; id.. Nests and Eggs 

 Ind. B., 1873, p. 102 ; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 254; Armstrong, t c, p. 303. 



a. b. Z ? Second defile o£ the Irawady, 5th March 1875. 



